Allison Evans

Publication day! The Injustice of Property is available from UGA Press. The book details how property in liberalism constrains common attempts at ending homelessness, despite land use practices of un/precariously housed people rejecting the proprietarian logic of liberalism.

Now that proofs are in, I am stoked to share that my book, The Injustice of Property, is due out June 2025 with UGA Press as part of the Geographies of Justice Series. See a description here: ugapress.org/book/978082037…

Similarly, homelessness in rural Ontario has increased by 154% since 2016. By contrast, urban homelessness has increased by 11%. While homelessness is increasing overall, rural and northern communities are being hardest hit.

My new article traces Portland's recent punitive turn in managing homelessness by developing mass encampments. Traces the city's legal maneuvers before SCOTUS' #GrantsPass ruling, foreshadowing what may come in other cities w large unsheltered communities bit.ly/4h8CwEy

LAST CALL to apply for the Beyond @InhabitationLab & Urban Transitions Hub joint summer school in Turin and Lisbon. Keynote instructors: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Alana Osbourne, Tatiana Thieme, AbdouMaliq Simone, and Filip De Boeck. End 30th April 2024 👉 beyondinhabitation.org/urbanschool/

Brilliant presentation by @taesoo_song of our forthcoming Urban Studies paper on gentrification in NY and SF!

Looking forward to this conversation! ✨✨✨✨✨

@rkeil Thank you :)

Although I often complain about life in the Zoomsphere, today our research team managed to do fieldwork in Ann Arbor, Oakland and St. Lake City, and we even finished the day with a laugh! @allisonevans @themodedepeche #ZoomMe #RemoteResearch #ZoomFieldwork @EnvironmentYork

Dehumanizing homeless ppl who use drugs - blaming their homelessness on drug use or mental health & not on the housing crisis &capitalism creates a chasm that makes it easier for those in “power” like @kristynwongtam to never visit an encampment or express urgency for basic aid

How to reframe public dialogue about homeless housing and services so that cities can actually deliver them? How to overcome NIMBYism? That’s one of my new projects in 2020 at @EnvironmentYork with @joemihevc @allisonevans and Emma Nelson. More soon! cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

Today, students in my @EnvironmentYork Planning course started their fieldwork to support @cityoftoronto’s new Geary Avenue study - a rapidly changing employment area. Thanks to @TdotRees and @DanNicholsonRPP for the opportunity! #YorkUPlanners #yorkuexperiential

Day 1 of “Housing, Affordability and the Smart City Paradigm”. Meeting up with developers at Hudson Yards, learning from folks at “The New Economy” and meeting up with activists against the Sunnyside Railyards ⁦@EnvironmentYork⁩ ⁦@Global_suburbs⁩ #yorkuplanners

#MESplanning students are hitting the big 🍎 over reading week for their Critical Urban Planning workshop. Posted withrepost • @Global_suburbs From Hudson Yards to Sunnyside Yards to Atlantic Yards, and everything… instagram.com/p/B3w5_UwHLQh/…

Councillor, activist, and @EnvironmentYork ‘06 MES Planning alum @m_layton is hosting my students today to talk about planning & politics. Exciting stuff! #topoli #YorkUPlanners #changemakers

Wondering what are #YorkUPlanners up to on a Friday pm before the long weekend? They’re at @EnvironmentYork’s new #MESPlanningSkillsLab dissecting official plans and zoning by-laws. Today with the great @kathperrott @GSP_Group #YorkU

Happy Halloween!

Pizza and toast in the oven. This is the life. http://yfrog.com/klx0pbj